Palmae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Palmae
    n 1: chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having
         a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves;
         coextensive with the order Palmales [syn: {Palmae}, {family
         Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {family Palmaceae}, {Arecaceae},
         {family Arecaceae}, {palm family}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Palmae \Palmae\ prop. n.
   A natural family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs; same
   as {Palmaceae}; coextensive with the order {Palmales}.

   Syn: family {Palmae}, {Palmaceae}, {Arecaceae}, family
        {Arecaceae}, palm family.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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